--- title: In order to set the Prince of the Air’s mind at rest she began by be… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In order to set the Prince of the Air’s mind at rest she began by being very gracious to him, so that when she begged that her captivity might be a little lightened she should not be refused. Who acts: Rosalie, Air. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rosalie, Air), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg640:17:43 # text = In order to set the Prince of the Air’s mind at rest she began by being very gracious to him, so that when she begged that her captivity might be a little lightened she should not be refused. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Air Air PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 lightened lighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | to-infinitive | Rosalie *not said here* | the Prince of the Air's mind | | rest | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme at rest=Destination | | 2 | **begin** | past | Rosalie | rest *not said here* | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | gerund | Rosalie *not said here* | | Prince | | | gracious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Rosalie | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **lighten** | might · passive | | Rosalie's captivity | | | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **not** **refuse** | should · passive | | Rosalie | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | the Air | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/44/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)